Innis & Gunn Brewing Co. The Original

The Original

 

Innis & Gunn Brewing Co. in Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  Scottish Ale Regular
Score
6.36
ABV: 6.6% IBU: 18 Ticks: 298
Our flagship beer, the one that started it all. Our unique bourbon barrel ageing process brings flavours like vanilla and toffee and we've combined this with the malty character of our Scotch Ale to create an incredible taste experience.

We brew The Original using our unique barrel into beer method, turning the traditional beer into barrel process on its head without losing any of the wonderful flavours and aromas from the barrel.
 

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3.2
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 14

A soft and sweet malt nose. The taste is honey oak and vanilla. There is almost no hop presence and the malt is also sweet, adding to the one-sidedness of the taste profile. A touch insipid for my taste in beer.

Tried on 23 Sep 2025 at 20:02


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

33 cl bottle. Toffee aroma. Light sweetness .Some wooden flavor.Vanilla. whiskey.Complex. Enjoyable

Tried from Bottle on 05 Jun 2025 at 13:01


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

For whatever reason, I had never had this, thinking that all the old supermarket bottles must have over-halogen lit and hence skunked. So i picked up a fresh-y one at whole foods. Poured as it looks in the bottle (duh), taste is like butter toffee cookies after english tea. Really. And that’s a good thing.

Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 00:54


7
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Old rating from is from 2014 - 330ml bottle, pours amber with a white foamy head. Aromas & tastes of caramel, biscuit, vanilla, honey, grain, oak & malt. Moderate body. Sweet mildly bitter finish.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Apr 2025 at 14:25


7.1
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Klar kupferfarben mit weißer Schaumkrone. Malziger Geruch nach Vanille, Toffee und Karamell. Geschmacklich malzig, getreidig mit rauchiger Note, Vanille, Toffee und Karamell. Hohe Süße mit leichter Bitterkeit, mittlerer Körper mit spürbarer Kohlensäure.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Mar 2025 at 08:04


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle. It has a copper-amber color with a decent head that disappears quickly. Aroma was toffee, slighty caramel corn. Would have been higher except for the skunk smell. Flavor is slightly buttery toffee, with a stronger then normal taste of alcohol.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Mar 2025 at 04:43


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 6

Bottle shared at home. Pours copper with thick head. Nose is faint smoke, some booze and grains. Taste the follows the aroma, closing with sweetish, smokey finish. Light bodied with average carbo. Not bad, but a bit mediocre.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Mar 2025 at 07:15


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

tonight was probably the 3rd time i have this beer, and I must say it gets better with age. This bottle was much more mellow than the previous ones. the oak really comes through! lots of english hops, and a very subtle vanilla amongst the massive amounts of oak. but the booziness i got in the young bottles is very much gone, decent beer, but near the end of the glass its hard to put down.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Feb 2025 at 06:12


3.4
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 14

Bottiglia. Il gusto al naso è indirizzato verso caramello e vaniglia. L'olfatto viene stimolato in maniera normale e l'esistenza olfattiva è sufficiente. Il cappello di schiuma color avorio ha una buona tenuta. La grandezza delle bollicine è medio-fine. La parte liquida si presenta velata. Bollicine fini costituiscono la forma del perlage. Il colore è ramato. Il corpo è strutturato non pesante. L'amaro è pronunciato. La forza gustativa è elevata e la persistenza è buona. Il gusto è piacevole. Le sensazioni boccali finali risultano di birra beverina. Il retrogusto è di decente intensità. Al gusto vengono donati toni di caramello, miele, vaniglia, bourbon e frutta passita.

Tried on 18 Feb 2025 at 11:47


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle from a local Lidl. Aroma is malt, lots of vanilla, subtle oak, caramel toffee, butterscotch, and notes of whiskey. Flavour is sweet with hardly any bitterness. Body is medium. I did not expect to like this, but it's not bad.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Feb 2025 at 10:37